1. Terminology
a. MUVE – Multiple User Virtual Environments
b. Teleporting – moving anywhere instantly in a virtual world
c. Griefing - improper or offensive written language from students while participating within virtual worlds. 2. Cool Fact: The first millionaire from Second Life is a woman named Ailin Graef: http://www.businessweek.com/the_thread/techbeat/archives/2006/11/second_lifes_first_millionaire.html
3. Most of the literature is conceptual in nature rather than empirical. 4. Theoretical approaches typical adult learning theory, collaborative learning, or community of inquiry. 5. Community of inquiry (Burgess et al., 2010) (Garrison & Arbaugh, 2007)
Virtual Worlds
Gary & Erin
Additional articles in the bibliography on Virtual Worlds (Erin 3/4/11)
3/4 Meeting Notes:
1. Terminology
a. MUVE – Multiple User Virtual Environments
b. Teleporting – moving anywhere instantly in a virtual world
c. Griefing - improper or offensive written language from students while participating within virtual worlds.
2. Cool Fact: The first millionaire from Second Life is a woman named Ailin Graef: http://www.businessweek.com/the_thread/techbeat/archives/2006/11/second_lifes_first_millionaire.html
3. Most of the literature is conceptual in nature rather than empirical.
4. Theoretical approaches typical adult learning theory, collaborative learning, or community of inquiry.
5. Community of inquiry (Burgess et al., 2010) (Garrison & Arbaugh, 2007)